Our Approch with education leaders

Lead with Resilience, Inspire Change

Being an education leader comes with incredible rewards—but also unique challenges. From reducing staff turnover to managing stress and preventing burnout, we know how demanding your role can be. At Perch, we help you save time, reduce overwhelm, and strengthen your team with proven tools for resilience. Together, we’ll empower you to lead with purpose, foster a positive work environment, and create lasting impact in your organisation.

OUR SERVICES

As an Education Leader, you’re responsible for more than just managing a team—you’re shaping workplace culture, fostering resilience, and ensuring high-quality care for children. Our Building Resilience Together program is designed to support you in leading with confidence, clarity, and purpose while reducing stress and creating sustainable success.

Whether you're looking for leadership coaching, team workshops, or keynote speaking, our evidence-based approach provides practical strategies to prevent burnout, strengthen teams, and navigate change effectively.

Leadership Workshops

Empowering leaders and your teams with practical strategies to inspire, engage, and build high-performing teams.

Our Leadership Workshops provide education leaders with the tools to develop a Growth Mindset, strengthen emotional resilience, and lead with empathy and clarity.

These interactive workshops focus on:

✅ Strengthening communication and leadership

effectiveness

✅ Building resilient, engaged, and high-performing

teams

✅ Managing conflict and fostering collaboration

✅ Aligning leadership strategies with the Australian

National Quality Framework (NQF)

Each workshop is tailored to your team’s needs, ensuring practical takeaways that create real impact in your workplace.

📍Available for in-person and online delivery

📅Half-day, full-day, or ongoing training sessions

available

Team Coaching

Personalised 1:1 coaching for education leaders looking to lead with clarity, confidence, and resilience.

Leadership comes with unique challenges— staff turnover, burnout prevention, and fostering a thriving team.

Our 1:1 coaching for Service Coordinators, Directors, and Educational Leaders provides customised support to:

✅ Navigate leadership challenges with confidence

✅ Develop a personal leadership growth plan

✅ Build emotional intelligence and stress resilience

✅ Foster a culture of trust and engagement

Coaching is a safe, confidential space for leaders to gain insights, refine strategies, and develop leadership habits that drive long-term success.

📍Available as single sessions or ongoing coaching

packages

📅Flexible scheduling to accommodate busy leaders

Keynote Speaking

Inspiring, thought-provoking, and action-driven presentations for education leaders and teams.

If you're looking for an engaging keynote speaker

to energize your team, leadership retreat, or conference, I offer customized presentations that inspire resilience, leadership, and well-being. My keynotes combine

real-world experience, research-backed strategies, and practical takeaways that leaders can apply immediately.

Parent Engagement & Neurodiversity Awareness Workshops

Empowering parents and educators to support neurodiverse children with confidence and connection.

Inclusion starts with understanding and collaboration

between leaders, educators, and families.

Our Parent Engagement & Neurodiversity Awareness Workshops provide education leaders with practical strategies to strengthen partnerships between educators and parents.

Workshop Focus Areas:

✅ Understanding Executive Functioning Skills in children with ADHD, ASD, and diverse learning needs.

✅ Teaching strength-based approaches to Big Behaviours and emotional regulation

✅ Supporting children in developing resilience, confidence, and social skills

✅ Encouraging effective collaboration between educators and families

These workshops provide real-world, actionable insights

that help leaders enhance family engagement and foster inclusive, supportive learning environments.

📍Ideal for OSHC, ECEC services, schools and parent

engagement programs

📅Available as standalone workshops or ongoing training

series

Additional Leadership Services

Team Resilience Building

Foster a culture of trust, collaboration, and engagement

within your team to reduce staff turnover and improve morale. We provide team-building workshops that focus on effective communication, recognition, and shared values.

NQF Leadership Alignment & Quality Improvement

Ensure your leadership strategies align with the Australian National Quality Framework (NQF).

We provide support in quality improvement planning, reflective leadership practices, and professional development strategies to help teams meet and exceed national standards.

Which Service is Right for You?

📅Book a Free Discovery Call

– Let’s explore how we can support you and your team.

📩Contact Us for a Custom Quote

– Whether you need a

workshop, coaching session, keynote speaker, or parent engagement training, we’ll tailor an offering that works for you.

Book a Call to Discover Empowerment!

"Great leaders don’t just build successful teams—they create environments where people feel valued, supported, and empowered to grow. Together, let’s build resilience that lasts."

Testimonials

I had an absolutely fantastic experience working with Karen Malyon from Perch Building Resilience Together! From start to finish, everything exceeded my expectations, and I am very lucky to have had the opportunity to work closely with Karen. Karen brings years of experience and knowledge, and her new company can really help many people discover the transformative power of Building Resilience —an innovative program that brings together expert insights and practical approaches, tailored to empower educators, and improve student outcomes.

Karen brings and incredibly friendly and helpful attitude, making sure I felt welcome and taken care of. The service was prompt and professional, and the quality of the product/service she offers is 5 stars. I couldn't be happier with my experience and will definitely be returning.

Highly recommend Karen and Building Resilience Together Training to anyone looking for Embracing the Power of Perch – By joining Karen, you’re not just attending a workshop or course—you’re becoming a part of something greater.

Tony Burns - OSHC Regional Director

Karen has a really wonderful approach to training and is really good at meeting everyone's learning styles. I have learnt so much from Karen and would highly recommend if you haven't used Perch that you do so.

Belinda Rouhan - Genral Manager OSHC

It's so great that the things I have been studying and learning about in my personal life have made their way into my work life. This reinforces my belief that we are a part of an incredible organisation on valuing individuals.